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e/Local Wednesday, Nov. 23, 1988 Page 3 Food services begins work on expansion for Commons By Amy Radcliff Reporter The Food Services Department has begun a $3 million expansion project on the Commons dining fa cility. The expanded facility is being built to accommodate about 900 more students, residents of the four new residence halls now under con struction behind the Commons. The project was approved by the Texas A&M Board of Regents Nov. 5. Construction began the following week. Lloyd Smith, director of food services, said the project is scheduled for completion in November 1989. “The Commons will seat about 400 more students at any one time, and those seats turn over about three times each meal,” Smith said. “It will give us about 1,200 additio nal people we can take care of seat ing-wise.” The east and west wings and the back of the dining facility will be ex tended. “The total addition on both floors is 14,279 square feet, which is really not that large considering how much we needed it,” Smith said. When the Commons was built in October 1972, it consisted of only two residence halls. In 1976, the two south dorms were added to the com plex. The Commons dining hall also served some of the Corps of Cadets dormitories and Underwood Hall. _ “Expanding the facilities was the only feasible way to accommodate everyone,” Smith said. In order to cause students as little inconvenience as possible, construc tion in the dining or kitchen areas will not begin until after spring break, Smith said. “Most of the work that will incon venience people will be done this summer,” he said. In other campus construction plans, additions to the MSC and a parking garage near G. Rollie White Coliseum are in preliminary plan ning stages, Smith said. Video dating service popularity overtakes B-CS singles scene By Stephanie Stribling Reporter Some do it because they are lonely. Some do it because they have a hard time meeting new people. Those who are divorced do it be cause they have forgotten how. Oth ers do it because it is perceived to be less risky than the alternative. “It” is the use of the increasingly popular video dating service, Singles Connection. Michele Thompson, manager of Singles Connection in Bryan, said that people use dating services for a variety of reasons. “A lot of people are lonely or bu sy,” Thompson said. “They don’t have time to meet people or don’t know how to go about it.” Thompson said that because re ports of date rape are on the rise, some people use the service to screen their dates in advance. “People are getting more selecti ve,” she said. “This way they know something about the people they’re going to meet. They certainly know what they look like. They know if they smoke, and what they do for a living. It’s not like a blind date.” However, Thompson said the most common reason for using a dating service is also the simplest. “They just want to meet some body nice,” she said. Many people hold the misconcep tion that people resort to the use of a dating service only in desperation, Thompson said. "It’s not a desperate act,” she said. “It’s good protection for yourself." She said some women have a more difficult time believing that than than men do. "It’s just a bright thing to do, and men see it that way,” Thompson said. “Women want to do it, they just don’t want to appear desperate. Women would always prefer that University News Service More than 2,100 Texas A&M cadets will parade through downtown Austin Thursday afternoon as part of the tradi tional Aggie Corps Trip before the Uni versity of Texas-Texas A&M Thanks giving Day football game. Led by Corps of Cadets Commander Todd Reichert, the parade will include the Parsons’ Mounted Cavalry and the 300-member Fightin’ Texas Aggie Band. The cadets step off at 2 p.m. at Third Street and Congress Avenue and will march up Congress Avenue to the State Capitol Building, where the group will disband. you think they’re sitting at home turning down a multitude of dates.” Because of this concern with image, she said, attracting female members to use the video service has been more difficult than attracting male members. Thompson said the age of the members varies widely, but the ma jority of members are in their mid- 20s to late 30s. The possibility of se lecting a date in this age group is sig nificantly better than for those out side the age group. “If you’re a teen-ager, the selec tion may not be real good,and if you’re in your 50s, it may not be real good,” Thompson said. “But if you’re anywhere in the middle, that is, 20 to 40, then it’s good.” For $50 a month or $250 a year, applicants can fill out a personal f irofile form detailing their likes, dis- ikes, desires and goals. These pro files are placed in a book with two photographs of the applicant. The applicant then must make an ap pointment to have a three- to five- minute video of themselves made, in which they are asked questions by an interviewer. The rest is up to individual mem bers, Thompson said, but it the process is usually the same. “You pick a guy you would like to meet,” she said. “He comes in and looks at your video, your pictures and your profile sheet. Both of you have to say yes. If he also agrees, then we exchange your phone num bers.” Thompson said being chosen by a prospective date can be exciting. “It’s a lot of fun when you get a little card in the mail saying you have been selected by another member," Thompson said. She said that the screening and application procedures at the Singles Connection help ensure that mem bers are serious and discriminating. Maj. Gen. Don O. Daniel, commander of Troop Command of the Texas Army National Guard, will serve as reviewing officer and receive the salutes from the 38 Corps units as they pass the reviewing stand at Seventh Street and Congress Avenue. Daniel is a 1956 A&M graduate. Aggie Corps Trips date back to 1878, when special trains transported the entire uniformed A&M student body. Early outings were made to the San Jacinto Battlefield for the staging of mock bat tles. At about the turn of the century, the trips were made to coincide with football contests. “Just the nature of the business is screening,” Thompson said. “If you weren’t a discriminating individual to start with, why come here?” In addition to its sophisticated screening procedures, Thompson said, Singles Connection reserves the right to refuse membership to any one on moral grounds. She gave an example for which such refusal might be necessary: “If a girl has a real hard time with a guy, and it was a big struggle throughout the whole evening, then I don’t want him as a member,” Thompson said. She said that no such incidents By Michelle Sanger Reporter Texas A&M students now have an alternative to Northgate copy cen ters with the recent opening of Copy Corner, which is owned and oper ated by students. Nick Bregenzer, vice president of Copy Corner, said plans for the cen ter were designed to provide stu dents with a convenient alternative to other copy centers. Bregenzer, an A&M senior fi nance and accounting major, said that before Copy Corner, only two copy centers — both located in Northgate — supplied the copying services students needed. “Convenience is our big niche,” Bregenzer said. “In a demographic study we discovered that over 67 percent of the student population lives closer to our location. No one has ever come into the market to compete with the copy centers in town and the market was ready.” Bregenzer and two other A&M students realized the opportunity to open a copy center, so they raised the money and started their own company, he said. “Copy Corner, a full service copy center, is owned by Aggies for Ag gies with the students’ needs in mind,” he said. Copy Corner’s prices for typing and binding will be less than its com petitors’ prices. The copy center will sell class notes during the spring se mester, he said. Larry Hodges, a senior finance major and president of Copy Cor ner, said the copy center staff is en thusiastic about establishing a good reputation at A&M. “We want to provide a friendly at- have occurred at Singles Connec tion, which has been in operation about a year. “No one has ever gone out with someone from here and hated them,” Thompson said. “Every now and then they may not go out a sec ond time, but usually they do.” She said that successful dates hap pen more frequently than unsucessful ones. “We have our first couple getting married that met through us,” Thompson said. mosphere and quality service,” he said. Bregenzer said, “Eventually we will have a study room in the back where students can relax or study.” Dennis Averitt, a junior education major, is in charge of production at Copy Corner. Averitt, who has worked for Kinkos and On the Dou ble, is familiar with the mechanics of the machines, Bregenzer said. The Copy Corner staff will finish printing class notes and setting up the store during Christmas break, ' "We’re using this month before Christmas to iron out any problems we have and to see how large our market is,” Bregenzer said. Copy Corner is open Monday through Thursday 7 a.m-2 a.m., Fri day 7 a.m.-10 p.m., Saturday 10 a.m.-6 p.m. and Sunday 10 a.m.-2 a.m. Correction A story in Tuesday’s Battalion about the Texas A&M Board of Regents’ approval of construction of the proposed University Cen ter contained some incorrect in formation. Off Campus Aggies was men tioned as one of the student of fices that might be moved to the University Center when construc tion is complete. The story re ported incorrectly that OCA is lo cated in Puryear Hall. The Off Campus Center, an administratively funded office, is located in Puryear. OCA is lo cated in the Pavilion. The Battalion regrets the er ror. 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